This is almost an eggcorn

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:45 AM -0700 10/29/07, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Oct 21, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Rosemarie wrote:
>
>>If you consider that addicts are referred to as "junkies," this
>>could be
>>considered an actual eggcorn:
>>
>><< SCANNING the phone book for a garbage collection service, I came
>>across
>>one that clearly wasn't afraid to tackle any job. Their ad read:
>>"Residential
>>hauling. All types of junk removed. No load too large or too small.
>>Garages,
>>basements, addicts."
>>
>>--Contributed to "All In a Day's Work" by Mary Beth Carroll
>
>another flapping case, but it's hard to work out the semantics.  a
>comment on the ecdb has drug addict >> drug attic:
>
>Commentary by david toccafondi , 2005/02/15 at 6:59 pm
>
>drug addict >> drug attic
>
>I've heard people say this for years, but only recently started
>noticing it in print:
>"many people have experienced one of their peers whose mother was a
>drug attic"
>
>I'm not a drug attic..i just need a puff
>
Better to be a drug attic than a drug cellar.  At least you're higher.

LH

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